Endy High School - Endyan Yearbook (Albemarle, NC)

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We, the senior class of Endy High School, being in as good mental condition as usual, do hereby make this our Last Will and Testament, rendering void and of no avail any former will or wills that may have been previously made by us during a period of temporary optimism. We give and bequeath to the junior class our well-known nerve as they try to get ads for the annual of ' 53, because they will need it now and in all the following years. We also leave all the examination questions we have been given during the past year. We tjelieve that an examination, like history, often repeats itself. The answers have long since been mislaid by us and are not included in the legacy. To our good friends, the sophomores, we leave our patience and hope. It will be found useful as the only means by which they can endure the juniors. To the young and unsophisticated freshmen, we leave the hope that they may all fool the teachers and pass in all subjects so that they may all become seniors . To our principal, Mr. Swaringen, we give a sense of relief that we have grad- uated and most pleasant memories of the school years we have spent together. Now, to each member of the junior class each of us leaves something: To Larry Almond, Terrell Morton leaves his ability to speak French. To Billy Efird, Johnny Poplin leaves his quiet spirit and patience. To Bobby Barbee, Edward Harris leaves his place on the football and baseball teams . To Dean Samrt, the laziest boy in the junior class. Jack Lowder leaves his in- dustrious mind. To Ralph, Whitley, Larry Efird gives his rough playing and soft heart. To Oscar Bolch, Jimmy Lambert leaves his dark curly hair. To Lloyd Whitley, Jerrell Morton gives his place at the mirror in the senior room. To Pritchard Dennis, Harold Burris gives his position in the Beta Club and in the Scouts. To Gene Almond, T. J. Burris gives his old cigarette butts and a note telling where to find them. To Bobby Lambert, Earl Speight leaves his perfect indolence. Some people sit and waste time; Earl just sits. To Jahala Lambert, Selma Rogers wills her ability to talk back to Mr. Swaringen. To Ruby Lowder, Hilda Burleson wills her pretty figure, hoping Ruby will take care of it as Hilda has. To Recardo Lambert, Carol Westbrook wills her brains for physics, hoping she can pass. To Louise Dick, Marie Burris wills her supply of language, which will enable her to talk more and say less than anyone else. To Lorene Whitley, Jane Lambert wills her high L Q. and ability to speak French. To Clara Burris, Jeanette Eudy wills her voice and place on the basketball team. To Erleen Murray, Nell Mullis wills her position as star Softball player. To Lois Johnson, Artha Ann Dick wills her ability to attract the Albemarle High School boys, hoping Lois has better luck than she. To Ricardia Harleson, Nellie Efird wills her quietness and dependability. To Jeanette Almond and Audrey Thomas, Lilly Ann Lambert wills her height, if they will use her diet. To Marie Hatley, Carolyn Morgan wills her old date books, hoping that they bene- fit her. To Edith Coble, Betty Herrin wills her ability to get things done in a hurry. G. H. Swaringen, Executor T. J. Burris, Testator

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As we step up to take over full command of the senior class, we pause and turn back in our fond memories to the beginning of our high school days. We began in the ninth grade under the competent leadership of our prmcipal, Mr. Swaringen This year in the midst of the reno vation of our school, it was very diffi- cult to keep our minds on our studies. We were all thrilled with our new cafeteria and near the end of the year, were all honored at being given the opportunity to serve at several banquets in it. This year, a few hopefuls in the freshman class made our debut in the athletic world. The girli. basketball team was coached by Mrs. McSwam, and Mr. Burleson coached the boys. In the tenth grade, we made up for all the time lost in the ninth. Our teacher was Mr. Singleton, who was a newcomer from college. We taught him a great deal that year. We had a glee club under the direction of Mrs. Bain Jones. The girls had a Home Economics Department with Mrs. Warren Coble, teacher; while Mr. Corn was teacher in the new Agriculture Department for the boys. This year all the girls became well trained waitresses because we had an opportunity to serve at a banquet about every month. In our glee club, we had a very memorable Christmas program with the entire glee club participating. We competed in the music contest at Catawba College and received an excellent rating. Under Mr. Singleton ' s direction, we presented a one act comedy entitled The Little Red School House , which brought out a great deal of hidden talent. In the eleventh grade, under Mrs. Claud Grigg ' s supervision, we started the year with a working spirit. We sold magazines and stationery for our Junior -Senior Banquet expenses. We gave a Junior Play entitled A Ready Made Family coached by our beloved teacher, Mrs. Grigg. We continued serving at banquets. Near the end of the year, we gave the seniors a banquet in the school cafeteria. We worked long and hard preparing for it and received our rewards when the seniors appeared to enjoy t he banquet so much. Our theme was portrayed on a South Sea Island. We de- corated appropriately with purple streamers and balloons overhead. As a background, Jane Lambert and Hilda Burleson painted a South Sea Island scene across the back wall. The twelve waitresses, dressed in South Seas costumes, served a delicious tropical dinner. They entertained throughout the evening with several colorful and graceful dances. They were accompanied at various times by Kenneth Whitley, sing- ing Somewhere Over The Rainbow ; and in a comical act, Abadaba Honeymoon , with Gary King, Durant Whitley, and Hilda Burleson. The Albemarle High Scnool Band furnished the music for the evening. The Junior Class opened the program by singing Hawaiian Sunset . Jeanette Eudy and Hilda Burleson kept the mood by sing- ing Blue Hawaii . Then several senior performances were presented. Betty All - man accompanied by the Senior Quartet, Glendale Burleson, Max Burris, Paul West- brook, and Carroll Teeter, sang Never Been Kissed . The quartet sang to four of our innocent- looking juniors, The Coconut Song . Glendale Burleson and Peggy Efird sang a duet entitled, Maggie Blues . Then the entire senior class sang Beau- tiful Brown Eyes , dedicating it to Mr. Singleton. Truly, it is one of our most cher- ished memories. Now, all too suddenly, we find ourselves filling the position of seniors. It is hard to realize that in a few months, we shall be leaving as we have seen seniors do for the last twelve years, this time feeling the same pangs of sorrow as of those who too, have called the school home for twelve years. We remember last year ' s graduation that we took part in. Jack Lowder, Harold Burris, Jane Lambert, Betty Herrin, and Hilda Burleson were marshalls. On graduation night, the junior class held daisy chains for the seniors as they entered and left the auditorium. We try desperately to grasp whatever we may in our departure, because we realize that no longer shall we swell with pride when we say we are a student at Edny High School, and have the same loyal spirit as we did in our school days. Yes, we stop to think back now as we are leaving, as we pass or hear our school mentioned, and think back as we develop into mature adults and always in the same fond memories of our school days. Hilda Burleson

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As I looked into the land of the future, I could see moving among the dim shadows of tht people yet to be, the familiar shapes of those fair and radiant beings who were once m y aassmates, ;ow changed and transformed into citizens o the world outside even Ts they had long hoped to be, and it came to pass that the veil before mine eyes grew yet more and Lore thin through the intensity of my vision and behold, I could see them even as if the intervening years were not at all. I cJild see our beloved president; even as today, I could see him m all his ma - iestic bearing and his words were heeded by that day and generation even as we today {he class of fgBZ, have heeded unto them. For his ambition has led him ever upward and onward until he is Governor of this, his own state. Advising Harold is Nellie Efird, the most dependable girl of our class. And I also happened to see T. J. Bur ris who took Billy Graham ' s place as a world renouned evangelist I saw that I, Zarry Efird, had taken Sid Stone ' s place on the Milton Berle show. In this vision, I saw a circus tent and swinging from one trapeze to another, was Ed- ward Harris. He had, indeed, become the man on the trapeze. In a nearby television studio. I saw Jack Lowder surrounded by little children. Jack was busy strumming on his guitar and singing Home On The Range . The scene changed and inside a theatre was Jerrell Morton ushering people m to see the great movie star, Jimmy Lambert, playing the part of Rudolph Valentino. We thought we would never see Jerrell so far from Terrell, but Terrell is having the time of his life as a naval officer in Hawaii where all the good looking girls are. Inside a beauty parlor, we see Johnny Poplin, a world famous beautician, talking to Hilda Rose Burleson and Nell Mullis. Johnny has complete charge over their beauty needs Hilda Rose is a John Powers ' model and Nell Mullis is a hostess at the Stork Club so both need to look their best at all times. Lilly Ann Lambert is a masseusse in Johnny ' s beauty parlor and she keeps Hilda Rose ' s and Nell ' s figure in perfect con- ' the vision I saw Artha Ann Dick, a buyer for Gimball ' s in New York City. She goes to France twice a year to buy clothes for Jeanette Eudy, who is a singer with Kay Kaiser ' s Band. While Artha Ann is in France, she calls on Carolyn Morgan, who finally learned French and is acting as an interpreter to American Tourists in 1 ranee. In New York City, I also saw Earl Speight, who is a proof reader for Double Day Doran Book Company. Earl was showing Kenneth Whitley the sites of New York. Kenneth, by the way, has obtained his life long ambition to be a truck driver. I saw Durant Whitley in Hollywood where he has become a prominent lawyer. He is legal advisor to Selma Rogers, who is a second Betty Hutton, and Carol West- brook, who is only a movie extra. In Hollywood on the corner of Hollywood Vine, I saw three girls who were on their vacation. While listening to their conversation, I learned that Betty Herrin was a concert pianist. I also found out that Jane Lambert was a librarian for the National Grange and that Marie Burris was very much contented with her job as teacher of Endy High School. , ' Larry Efird